On january 1, 2018, quickstream communications leased telephone equipment from digium, inc. digium’s cash selling price for the equipment is $1,306,578. the lease agreement specifies six annual payments of $300,000 beginning december 31, 2018, and at each december 31 thereafter through 2023. the six-year lease is equal to the estimated useful life of the equipment. the contract specifies that lease payments for each year will increase by the higher of (a) the increase in the consumer price index for the preceding year and (b) 3 percent. the cpi at the beginning of the lease is 120. digium routinely leases equipment to other firms. the interest rate in these lease arrangements is 10%. (fv of $1, pv of $1, fva of $1, pva of $1, fvad of $1 and pvad of $1) (use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) required: prepare the appropriate journal entries for quickstream to record the lease at its beginning date of january 1, 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Each of the following scenarios is based on facts in anactual fraud. categorize each scenario as primarily indicating (1) anincentive to commit fraud, (2) an opportunity to commit fraud, or(3) a rationalization for committing fraud. also state your reasoningfor each scenario.a. there was intense pressure to keep the corporation ' stock from declining further. this pressure came from investors, analysts,and the ceo, whose financial well-being was significantly dependent on the corporation ' s stock price.b. a group of top-level management was compensated (mostly in the form of stock-options) well in excess of what would be considered normal for their positions in this industry.c. top management of the company closely guards internal financial information, to the extent that even some employees on a “need-to-know basis” are denied full access.d. managing specific financial ratios is very important to the company, and both management and analysts are keenly observant of variability in key ratios. key ratios for the company changed very little even though the ratios for the overall industry were quite volatile during the time period.e. in an effort to reduce certain accrued expenses to meet budget targets, the cfo directs the general accounting department to reallocate a division’s expenses by a significant amount. the general accounting department refuses to acquiesce to the request, but the journal entry is made trough the corporate office. an accountant in the general accounting department is uncomfortable with the journal entries required to reallocate divisional expenses. he brings his concerns to the cfo, who assures him that everything will be fine and that the entries are necessary. the accountant considers resigning, but he does not have another job lined up and is worried about supporting his family. therefore, he never voices his concerns to either the internal or external auditors.f. accounting records were either nonexistent or in a state of such disorganization that significant effort was required to locate or compile them.

Which is one solution to levy the complexity of the global matrix strategy with added customer-focused dimensions?

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?